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MLB 2024 winter meetings: Winners, losers and takeaways

Heading into the MLB winter meetings each year, there is always hope for a big week of free agent signings and trades. The 2024 meetings delivered.

Top free agent Juan Soto chose the New York Mets for 15 years and $765 million, the largest contract in baseball history. The New York Yankees responded to losing Soto by handing a record deal to left-handed starter Max Fried. Not to be left behind in the American League East, the Boston Red Sox landed lefty ace Garrett Crochet in a trade with the Chicago White Sox.